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Chapter 1003 - 655: Misunderstanding

Chapter 1003: Chapter 655: Misunderstanding

"The Second Empire established by the Expeditionary Army, and not some Protectorate?" Li Changhe frowned and asked, "Are these guys rebels? Or were they trapped in that world?"

The Great Tang had a rather unsafe piece of black technology, which was the teleportation technology of the Rat-men.

It was precisely because of this technology that the so-called Great Tang Expeditionary Army came into being.

At the beginning, the Great Tang used teleportation gates to counterattack the Rat-men’s world, acquiring special materials and extraordinary knowledge from it.

Later, when the Rat-men were completely suppressed, the teleportation gates became the bridges for the Great Tang to access various connected worlds.

It is presumably related to Li Er becoming a divine creature. The Great Tang Expeditionary Army was once very active.

So, some players had encountered the Great Tang Expeditionary Army during their tasks.

But for an expeditionary force to establish a state... Well, it was somewhat beyond Li Changhe’s expectation.

Neither Li Er nor Li Zhi would allow such a thing to happen; a Protectorate might be possible, though.

"Currently, it can’t be verified. A colleague of mine accidentally discovered that empire while gathering intelligence in a task world," Chen Tianjiao said, "and that empire has shown strong vigilance and even hostility towards players. Peaceful contact is no longer possible. You, as the party involved, should also be aware. We, [General Mountain], and the Great Tang have reached an agreement. Yet, my colleague didn’t even manage to explain a few words before he was chased and run over by the armored legion for over ten miles. Thankfully, he has an elven sequence that allowed him to escape into the mountains and forests."

"Are you saying they attacked players?" Li Changhe asked.

"If there were players who had attacked them. Then it’s understandable, there’s a certain probability that they are followers of Chaos; it could also be some players who want to obtain steam armor. Of course, it’s not out of the question that they want to acquire player identity. Initiate attacks on players."

Chen Tianjiao said, "In any case, this has led to my colleague not being able to further investigate this strange empire and having to continue participating in the task. Since it is a phase task, I was thinking of asking whether you would be interested in joining the next phase of the strategy. If you, as the Tian Ce General, were involved, you could at least communicate with them. Moreover, we suspect that the next target of the task is related to that Second Empire."

"That makes sense, I should still carry some weight as the Tian Ce General. Unless they really have rebelled... But, even if they have rebelled, it shouldn’t be disadvantageous to me," Li Changhe considered and said, "Just as well, I’d like to level up or get familiar with my new abilities before the Hundred Generals Trial Sword. I will take on this task."

"You’re going to the Hundred Generals Trial Sword? Then you’d better improve your skill combinations, especially in terms of concealment," Chen Tianjiao responded, "After all, players from various races will appear in the task, and the situation can be quite complicated. Actually, many participants enter the task with the idea of eliminating their rivals. After all, players who can enter the Hundred Generals Trial Sword are the best of the best in this phase. The more you eliminate, the less pressure you’ll face later on. Of course, there will also be some humans with schemes, you should understand this."

"Of course," Li Changhe nodded in response. If he were a player from a Different Race, he would certainly use this opportunity to deplete human players. And the reverse is true.

Humans are a race prone to infighting and backstabbing had also happened before.

It was said when Chen Tianjiao became a Demigod, he faced encirclement, including human players among his enemies...

"You’d better try to gather a few trusted and strong teammates. In fact, with your strength, if you’re not aiming for a high ranking, it should be quite safe."

Chen Tianjiao continued, "As for the task I mentioned... It’s worth noting that there’s a large city-state within it, where the queen and several priests are suspected of being divine creatures. Her army is also no easy opponent, otherwise, they couldn’t have contended with the Second Empire. It’s best not to make enemies of them. Avoid unnecessary troubles."

"Understood, so when does the task begin?" Li Changhe asked, since it was related to the Great Tang, he couldn’t just sit by and ignore it.

"In a day, a colleague will give you the task props."

"Good," Li Changhe adjusted his scarf and said, "Then I’ll use this time to sort out what I’ve gained."

After defeating the Three Corpses God, Li Changhe obtained [Dawn Prayer] and [Earth Travel Technique], along with Ghost Valley Secret Stash.

The first two were skills, which Li Changhe could experiment with for effects.

But Ghost Valley Secret Stash was comprised of magical treasures, which Li Changhe would not activate recklessly.

So now, the Extraordinary Association is pulling all-nighters to research these divine artifacts, trying to get Li Changhe to activate them. They say there’s been some progress already.

Actually, even if they don’t figure it out, it’s no big deal.

After all, they can always feed them to Old Lead.

The divinity contained within is Old Lead’s favorite treat.

When Chen Tianjiao saw Li Changhe adjusting his scarf, he asked with a puzzled face, "I’ve been meaning to ask, you’re a player now. Do you still need to wear that scarf with this weather? Do you have an injury on your neck or something?"

Chen Tianjiao was indeed curious about this.

He didn’t want to ask at the dinner table before, but now he finally voiced his question.

It’s April, and the weather in Nanzhe is a bit chilly. But for a high-level player, it shouldn’t be necessary to wear a scarf, right?

Could it be there is some unsightly wound on his neck?

Er... from a certain perspective, there indeed is a wound that shouldn’t be seen.

"Hehehe~" In her mind, Yun Ting, who enjoyed watching the drama unfold, couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Li Changhe, after a moment of silence, replied eerily, "There are some things in life you’re better off not knowing about. Let’s go!"

And Yun Ting, never one to shy away from stirring up trouble, interjected, "You could ask your sister about that, ah ha ha ha ha... I’m dying!"

In fact, there was no problem with what Yun Ting said. After all, the person at fault was Xiao Nan.

But she forgot that Chen Tianjiao didn’t just have one sister.

When Chen Tianjiao heard Yun Ting mention his sister, he subconsciously thought not of Xiao Nan, but of Chen Yu... since Chen Yu was his biological sister.

Remembering the dark circles under Chen Yu’s eyes he had seen today, and how she had blushed saying it was all Li Changhe’s fault when he asked her what happened.

He also recalled some of the recent rumors within the player base.

Apparently, Chen Yu had been getting quite close to a newcomer from the third team recently.

They say that the newcomer is very young, tall and skinny, and quite handsome...

Looking at the tall and skinny figure of Li Changhe walking away, Chen Tianjiao remained silent for a long, long time...

Finally, he exhaled two words slowly: "Fuck me!"

Even a demigod was shocked by this sudden revelation.

It was fortunate that Li Changhe was unaware of his uncle’s wild musings, otherwise, he would have had to experience the strength of a demigod today.

Meanwhile, Li Changhe was oblivious to the fact that Yun Ting had accidentally put him in a tight spot.

Instead, he was heading towards the new headquarters at [General Mountain].